NYPD(NEW YORK) — The New York Police Department (NYPD) Bomb Squad has deemed suspicious packages found at the Fulton Street subway station safe.
NYPD Friday morning advised people to avoid the lower Manhattan subway station due to an ongoing police investigation of suspicious packages, which they’ve now deemed as safe and has no explosives.
“UPDATE: ALL CLEAR. The suspicious packages have been fully investigated and have been deemed safe by our @NYPDCT officers,” the NYPD tweeted just before 9 a.m.
UPDATE: ALL CLEAR. The suspicious packages have been fully investigated and have been deemed safe by our @NYPDCT officers.
Expect residual delays in the Fulton Street area and check @NYCTSubway for train service updates. https://t.co/24hpqai1xr
— NYPD NEWS (@NYPDnews) August 16, 2019
A third suspicious package, this one placed next to a trash can at 16th Street and Seventh Ave., has also been deemed to be nothing more than a discarded kitchen appliance. A police source says it is not believed to be related to what was left at the subway station but, rather, merely trash.
This is a developing story. Please check back for updates.
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